PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
Horae Homileticae — Volume 15 of 21
Simeon, Charles, 1759-1836 · 259,427 words · 557 reading sections
1925.] The Gospel A Source Of Blessings. 583
God had originally instituted the ministry for this very end — [Under the law, the priest's lips were " to keep know- ledge," and to impart it to all who should come to inquire of them : but under the Gospel dispensation there was an order of men appointed to go forth into all the world, and, by them- selves or t…
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accomplish that which I please ; it shall prosper in the thing vvhereunto I sent it." The word is still " the rod of God's strength," the wonder-working rod, which, in whose hand soever it may be, shall alike effect the object for which it is sent, whether to the dividing of the Red Sea, or the bringing forth of w…
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3. What an awful responsibility attaches to those who hear the Gospel ! — [Surely every one of us should inquire, What blessings have I received from the ministration of the word ? What know I of this fulness of light and liberty, of peace and joy, of growth and stability, which the Gospel is sent on purpose to c…
350 wordsSECTION 544Prayer For Ministers.
Rom. xv. 30. I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me. LITTLE do men imagine how great is the efficacy of intercession11. They seem to think it presump- tuous for one man to hope that he shall prevail wi…
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redeemed them to God by his blood ? And what anxiety were they not bound to manifest for his interests, which are so essentially connected with the labours of his servants, and the prosperity of his Church? For his sake, therefore, he en- treated them to intercede for them, that his work might be carried forward, …
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with the Apostle in this particular. Ministers, who feel in any measure the obligations of their ordination vows, give themselves up wholly to their ministry, and wait on it as their one employment through life. They direct all their studies, and all their labours, to this one object. Allured by no hopes, deterred…
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prosperity of any people is intimately connected with the con- tinuance of a pious minister amongst them. Who that sees places, where religion once flourished, now left in darkness, and immersed in all the vanities of an ungodly world, must not take up a lamentation over them, and bewail the removal of the candles…
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blameless to the end. Nor can our efforts, how multiplied soever they may be, produce any good effect without God's special blessing. If ever we be " mutually refreshed" by our intercourse with each other, either in public or private, it must be through the out-pouring of his Spirit upon our souls. I hope, too, th…
491 wordsSECTION 549Practical Wisdom Recommended.
God in prayer : and never to let him go, till you have obtained from him the desired blessing. Plead with him for mercy through the Redeemer's blood ; plead with him for a more abundant effusion of his Spirit upon your souls ; plead with him, if he have begun the good work within you, to carry it on, and perfect i…
340 wordsSECTION 5501927.1 Practical Wisdom Recommended. 593
Nothing is more desirable than to have our minds well regulated in reference to the concerns of religion ; since by error in judgment, and indiscretion in con- duct, we may do incalculable injury to others, and subject ourselves also to many calamities. We should make it our daily study to be, 1. " Wise unto that…
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such persons it is extremely difficult to guard : and in order to withstand their influence, we need to have from God himself " a spirit of wisdom and understanding, a spirit of counsel and of might, a spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord, and to be made quick of understanding in the fear of the Lord"."]…
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children of men. The bad are wholly under his influence : he inspired the four hundred prophets of Baal to deceive Ahab to his ruin1': and both Judas and Ananias were actuated by him to perpetrate the crimes which they respectively committed. But even good men are also wrought upon by him on some occasions, as has…
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brought forth for execution, and the feet of all the children of Isi*ael be put upon his neck. Yes, he is already a vanquished enemy ; and in a little time shall our conflicts be followed with complete success. Like the redeemed Israelites, we shall see all the enemies that affrighted us, dead upon the sea-shore.] …
254 wordsSECTION 5541928.] Victory Over Satan. 597
Rom. xvi. 20. The God of peace shall bruise Satan wider your feet shortly. IN order to get forward in our Christian course, we must unite a strenuous exertion of our own powers with an humble dependence on the Divine aid. We cannot work without God ; and God will not work without us : but if we look to him for as…
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be strengthened by an angel from heaven h, well may we suppose that he will not suffer us to pass unmolested and unassailed.] But God has promised to " bruise him under our feet"— [God is " the God of peace " primarily as being reconciled to us through the death of his Son : but he has this name assigned to him i…
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suspect the treachery of their own hearts, and to depend more simply on the grace of Christ. Thus they learn to fight a good fight ; and, though sometimes wounded by his fiery darts, they " resist their enemy till he flees from them" ."] 2. He will give them a complete and everlasting victory over him in the world…
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2. How much are we concerned to obtain peace with God ! — [It is to those only who are reconciled to God that the promise in the text is made. If we have never yet obtained mercy at his hands through the blood of Jesus, we shall in vain hope to conquer this cruel adversary. God, so far from interposing for us, wi…
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Historical Christian writing; not Scripture.